I think the use of the female pronoun for everyone except the person to whom you are attracted is an effective way of referring to people. It may be ambiguous in some situations, but I think that it sufficiently describes the actual interaction between gender and sexuality, in a way that more concrete terminology does not. Why should our language enforce an emphasis on physical sex when describing attraction?

I'm having some trouble understanding a lot of this book. One problem is I don't really know what the Cultural Fugue is. Is it some sort of disease. Is it access to a certain type of weapon? My most educated guess, at this point, is that it is condition of society, like revolution, which ultimately leads to the destruction of all life on a planet. However, I don't really know what the condition involves. If anyone could point out certain passages for me, with regard to the Fugue, I would be very grateful.